A biography for Blake Bortleshasn’t been written yet.
“I wanted to be part of a football team as a tough guy. That attitude just kind of always stuck with me.”
“The more you do it the easier it is to recognize what good football looks like.”
“I was fortunate enough to figure out at a young age that fans don't like players. They like winning.”
“When you struggle with what you're supposed to do all the time, you try to fix it as quickly as possible rather than let it get worse.”
“There are a couple of mottos I've lived my life by, and one of them is, 'If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.' And on social media, I was like, 'This is getting a little heated, I'm not really liking what I'm seeing, so let's just get off of it.'”
“Greg Olson's offense is unbelievable. It's super versatile.”
“Chad Henne is a great NFL-established quarterback.”
“At the end of the day, it's about owning the line of scrimmage, controlling it, moving it and being able to run the ball.”
“The goal my entire life was to get drafted. I never cared if I was No. 1 overall or Mr. Irrelevant.”
“I don't think you can simulate a place like Arrowhead when it's rocking.”
“I think about winning the football game in the week that we're in. That's all I care about. I could care less about the money they give us or making $100 million dollars or any of that.”
“It's hard to not hear people booing. But if they're cheering or booing, it's kind of irrelevant, at least for me it is.”
“There was times where I can remember sitting in my house just thinking, 'Man, is this ever going to end?' Or, 'This can't go on forever.' And it was like with every single interception it just continued to grow. Balls are bouncing off guys' feet and hands and helmets, and it's like there's no way this can continue to happen.”
“I'll continue to try and prepare as hard as I can and be as ready as possible, but when the game starts I'm going to go have fun and enjoy myself and have a good time with a bunch of good friends playing football in the NFL.”
“As long as you're surrounded by people - and sometimes you're in control of that and sometimes you're not - who listen and teach, you're going to be OK.”
“UCF played a huge part in making me the football player and the person I am today.”
“I used to have to get IVs after a really intense workout, but once I started drinking BodyArmor, I started cramping a lot less. It offers things other sports drinks do not.”
“I think you learn by making mistakes and what throws you can and can't make, and what decisions to make and not to make.”
“I had a great time and am very grateful for my time in Jacksonville.”
“You want to get in the mentality of being aggressive, but you don't want to throw the ball to the other team. It's going to happen. Brett Favre is one of the best ever and threw the most picks ever.”